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THE FIGHTING AT MILK RIVER.; WAITING FOR NEWS FROM CAPT. PAYNE--RELIEF TO REACH HIM TO-DAY.

CHICAGO Oct. 4.--The opinion is still held at Army Head-quarters that Capt. Payne's command is all right. A prominent Army offcer said this morning that, notwithstanding the published dispatches, he saw no reason to alter the opinion, heretofore expressed, that the Indians could not dislodge Capt. Payne and his men from their intrenched positions.

October 05, 1879

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